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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHal2YmLTJk|Advanced Scanning Video]] | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHal2YmLTJk|Advanced Scanning Video]] | ||
- | Not much more I can add to their instructions, it pretty straight forward. Put the item on the scanner, open the software, click New Scan, select Single Color (its still does a color scan), and then wait. Scans are slow. You can clean up the finished scan to remove random points and the scanner bed, then save it. | + | Calibrating only needs to be done when the scans are looks bad or when the scanner is moved and the camera/lasers might have been jostled. |
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+ | With each scan the camera exposure is adjusted for the lighting, so just changing the lighting does not require re-calibration. I've tried several lighting setups and found that the scanner worked well in all of them as long as the shadows were not harsh. I tried it in my basement directly under one of the 4 recessed lights and it worked pretty good. Even, diffuse light created by the overhead lighting we have in the space will work very well. | ||
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+ | Not much more I can add to their instructions, it's pretty straight forward. Put the item on the scanner, open the software, click New Scan, select Single Coloured (it still does a color scan), and then wait. Scans are slow (10-15 min per rotation * the number of elevation steps). You can clean up the finished scan to remove random points and the scanner bed, then save it. | ||
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